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Homework Statement
What is the frequency shift of a 72 GHz police radar signal when it reflects off a car moving at 111 km/h? (Radar waves travel at the speed of light = 340 m/s.)
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f' = f(1 +- u/v) (moving observer, + appr, -receding)
f' = f/(1 +- u/v) (moving source, - appr, +receding)
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f = 72 GHz = 72 * 10^9 Hz.
u = 111 * 10^3 / 3600 m/s
v = 340 m/s
f' = f(1+u/v)
f'' = f(1+u/v)/(1-u/v)
f'' = (72 * 10^9 Hz)(1+(111 * 10^3 / 3600 m/s)/340)(1-(111 * 10^3 / 3600 m/s)/340)
Calculating this formula does not give the correct result. What am I doing wrong?